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Tropic Food Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026
- address1007 Blue Hill Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Tropic Food Market clean?
Tropic Food Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tropic Food Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No Sanitizer test trip observed for chlorine. provideSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No Sanitizer test trip observed for chlorine. provide
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Ceiling tile observed damaged stained and displaced above the retail food area. Repair or replace ceiling tiles and maintain the ceiling in good condition. Holes observed in the wall near the freezer and pepsi Shelving. Repair and properly seal holes in wall to maintain facility in good condition.Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Ceiling tile observed damaged stained and displaced above the retail food area. Repair or replace ceiling tiles and maintain the ceiling in good condition. Holes observed in the wall near the freezer and pepsi Shelving. Repair and properly seal holes in wall to maintain facility in good condition.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Basement storage area observed cluttered with equipament tools and materials.Remove unnecessary items and organize materials to maintain a clean and sanitary condition.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Basement storage area observed cluttered with equipament tools and materials.Remove unnecessary items and organize materials to maintain a clean and sanitary condition.
- ⚠️Violation being issued for the non-payment of the 2026 Health Permit.Address and ensure payment is made no later than the end of the day on 2/11/2026Violation being issued for the non-payment of the 2026 Health Permit.Address and ensure payment is made no later than the end of the day on 2/11/2026
When was Tropic Food Market last inspected?
Tropic Food Market has 57 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 21, 2025 | — | |
| October 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2023 | Fail |
Tropic Food Market vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.